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Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™ 

 

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Mobilities of Ions at High Temperature

Lead Institution
University of Maine
Principal Investigator
Jay Rasaiah
Project type
Exploratory Research
Molecular dynamics simulation is used to study the ion mobilities.

Eignesolver

Lead Institution
IBM
Principal Investigator
Fred Gustavson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Information Exchange

Glass Simulation

Lead Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Michael Brenner
Project type
Exploratory Research

Separation Science Project

Lead Institution
Indiana State University
Principal Investigator
Eric Glendening
Project type
Exploratory Research
To examine chemical systems of interest to the separations science project

Interface Chemistry and electronics of ZnSe and ZnS upon Culn2Se3

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Peter Eschbach
Project type
Exploratory Research
We plan to examine the interface chemistry and electronics of ZnSe and ZnS upon Culn2Se3. Copper indium selenide films have become one of the most promising materials for low cost, high efficeincy …

A Proteomic Dissection of the Hg(II) Toxicity Paradox

Lead Institution
University of Georgia
Principal Investigator
Anne Summers
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Mercury (Hg) in all its forms is a contaminant at most DOE sites, especially at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where the spread of spilled Hg and its effects on microbial populations have been…

Fabrication of Photomasks and Patterned Molds Using Photolithography

Lead Institution
Portland State University
Principal Investigator
Mingdi Yan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our research at Portland State University focuses on microfabrication and molecular recognition. We are frequent in need of micron-size molds in our research. Due to the lack of microfabrication…

Free radical Reactions in the Catalytic Cycle of Cytochrome bc Complexes

Lead Institution
University of Alabama
Principal Investigator
Michael Bowman
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The cytochrome bc complex is a large ~750 kiloDalton molecular weight protein complex that is embedded in the mitochondrial or cellular membrane and is a central component of the electron transport…

Solution structure of a 42 kDa "metal sensor" CzrA-DNA complex

Lead Institution
Indiana University - Bloomington
Principal Investigator
David Giedroc
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The ArsR (or ArsR/SmtB) family of winged helix-loop-helix proteins (ααααββα)regulate metal ion detoxification and resistance in…